The situation in Chang'an is very good, which is very beneficial to Xue Chongxun's reform of the canal transportation.After completing the preliminary preparations such as formulating laws and regulations, he began to implement specific steps.
You must take advantage of the situation when doing things.
Having momentum is like sailing with wind, much smoother.
Many local officials along the river were almost convicted and escorted to the capital. People like Ruzhou Governor Lu were full of gratitude to Xue Chongxun, so they cooperated a lot. The public opinion of the literati had no choice but to praise the Sanhe law for benefiting the country and the people. Even Prime Minister Zhang Shuo admitted this.
Various factors have made Xue Chongxun progress very quickly and extremely smoothly.
Xue Chongxun collected a group of talented people who were somewhat famous in the local area from his hometown of Hedong (now Shanxi) and began to build a team.
The Xue family is a Hedong family. It has accumulated a century of reputation and status in the local area. The use of Hedong human team made Xue Chongxun feel much more reliable.
First, he set up two major yamen at the headquarters of the Ministry of Revenue, one is the Ministry of Revenue's Grain Transport Branch and the other is the Grain Transport Army Guard.
The people in the canal branch include Hedong poets and gentry, and even hired some shopkeepers of the business gang. By formulating basic rules, Xue Chongxun planned to make this yamen into a fund-oriented institution, not only to collect canal taxes and dispatch canals along the canal, but also to penetrate commerce and money houses and make money with public funds...
Of course, it is just a concept now. The current function of this yamen is established to calculate the cost of warehouses, transportation, etc., and to withdraw salary rice.
The Cao Transport Army Guard has four military recruiting camps, which were established to defend granaries and escort grain ships.
The scale budget is not very large, otherwise it will be feared by the central government. It is enough to achieve the purpose of protecting and transferring the goods, and it cannot pose a threat to the important towns of the court.
But in Xue Chongxun's mind, this military might be able to be used in extraordinary times, so he attached great importance to the candidates for generals of the Caohe Army Guard.
The candidate for recruiting soldiers from the canal transport was from Hedong, named Tang Chaoren.
His father participated in the Tang army's border war several times during the Zhenguan period, which was also considered a family of military officials. However, during the subsequent political turmoil, the Tang family was repeatedly implicated, resulting in the decline of the family, which was much worse than before.
Tang Chaoren used to be a troupe training envoy on the territory of the Xue family in Hedong for a period of time. Because he had frequent contacts with the Xue family, Xue Chongxun's basic fists and feet were taught by Tang Chaoren, and his friendship was very good.
After receiving Xue Chongxun's letter, Tang Chaoren rushed to Luoyang without stopping. Xue Chongxun also attached great importance to it and went outside the city to greet him in person.
It was drizzling in the sky. Xue Chongxun and his group waited for half an hour before they saw three horses walking towards this side.
The light rain was like fog. Although it was not far away, I still couldn't see the faces of the three horses clearly, but Xue Chongxun still recognized Tang Chaoren at a glance.
Tang Chaoren's burly figure is unique and has very wide shoulders.
At first glance, although he only saw a contour, with his horse-riding movements, Xue Chongxun could almost conclude that the man riding the horse in the middle was the Tangtuan Practice who taught him martial arts when he was young.
Xue Chongxun rode his horse and rushed out from under the umbrella, and the left and right guards hurriedly shouted and chased after him.
Practice the dumplings!Xue Chongxun shouted.
The man opposite screamed in surprise and shouted: Xue Lang!Why did you come out of the city?
Xue Chongxun smiled and said: You have never been to Luoyang, I am afraid that you will not be able to find your way when you enter the city.After not seeing each other for a few years, the heroic spirit of the tangtuan has not diminished.
At this time, Tang Chaoren's horse had already walked in front of him. He was not tall, but his arms were round and his waist were thick, and his wide shoulders made him look very burly.
At the age of thirties, he has a white face and neat beard on his mouth and chin.
Tang Chaoren didn't say much, and jumped off the horse and was about to fall off, slap!With a sound of the ground, the mud splashed everywhere.He waved and said: Xue Lang is here, let me try to see if you have made any progress in your fists and feet over the past few years.
As soon as they met, they were about to fight, and the guards around Xue Chongxun's faces turned a little strange.
Xue Chongxun looked down at the ground. There was no need for the stone roads inside the city outside the city. The road was covered with mud. He was stunned. But immediately he laughed and said: I haven't practiced boxing and foot skills much in the past few years, but I often practice weapons.However, Tangtuan is older and definitely not as good as a few years ago. I'll try it... I'll turn it over immediately.
Tang Chaoren looked in his thirties. When he heard Xue Chongxun meant that he was old, he was dissatisfied and said: OK, just try it and tell whether I am old or not!After saying that, he took a stance.
Xue Chongxun smiled heartily, lifted his robe, and stood opposite Tang Chaoren with his palm stretched out.I heard Tang Chaoren say: Let you take action first, come on.
Humph, I’m not polite if I want to be proud of the training of Tangtuan!
Xue Chongxun ran over and kicked him sideways. He didn't get the kick, but the mud on his feet was thrown away all over the sky, which made Tang Chaoren look all over his head.
After avoiding the attack, Tang Chaoren angrily wiped the mud on his face, cursed, and rushed up with his fists. The two of them immediately started to fight.
At this time, only a bang was heard, and Xue Chongxun was unfortunately punched in the face.
The guards next to them exclaimed, and the horses under their seats were in a state of turmoil. Fang Yuzhong raised his hand to stop the guards from moving. He was an old man from the Xue family. He had seen Tang Tuanlian before, so of course he understood Tang Tuanlian's friendship with Langjun.
Slap me in the face!
Xue Chongxun cursed angrily, and immediately used a few quick punches, but Xue Chongxun's punching skills were very sparse and ordinary than Tangtuan practice. He didn't get any cheaper. In less than a moment, he was thrown into his leg and didn't stand firmly. He fell down and made him look muddy and embarrassed.
The guards immediately looked at each other: Xue Chongxun never lost his identity like this in normal times.
Seeing this, Tang Chaoren laughed: You are still not my opponent Ah.After saying that, he walked up to pull Xue Chongxun, but unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun grabbed his wrist and hooked his lower plate with one foot.
Tang Chaoren's hand was caught and could not dodge. In an instant, Xue Chongxun was knocked to the ground and was covered in mud.Seeing this, Xue Chongxun was in a hurry and laughed.
Actually playing sneak attack!
Tang Chaoren was furious and grabbed a handful of mud and threw it at Xue Chongxun's face.
The two of them didn't let each other and soon started fighting again. This time, they had no tricks at all and fought in the sludge.
……
Xue Chongxun's guards and the two followers brought by Tang Chaoren could only watch the two fights speechlessly. Now they are completely out of the scope of martial arts, just like a fight between a gangster, as if one of them owes money and doesn't pay it back.
In the end, the two men turned into clay figures and were so tired that Tang Chaoren shouted: Go, don’t fight anymore.
You obviously can't move, but you admit defeat or not?
Oh... OK, can't I admit defeat?Don't pull my beard!
They made a mess when they met, but they made the relationship closer, and then returned to the headquarters of the Ministry of Revenue with a covered in sludge to take a shower.
Xue Chongxun asked someone to prepare a sumptuous banquet to welcome him. Not only did he accompany him personally, but he also asked civil servant Liu An and military general Bao Cheng to attend.
Tang Chaoren knew that Xue Chongxun was so polite, and he had to do things well. During the meal, he couldn't wait to express his idea: The four waterways all depend on official fortunes, and about 2,000 grain ships were needed.The grain transport soldiers can be imitated by the regiment training organization. Ten ships are a pillar, equipped with five "fire" forces to guard the team. The team leader is responsible for it. Whenever something happens, they will find the team leader.One fire is ten people, one team of five fires is fifty people; two thousand ships require two hundred troops, that is, ten thousand people, plus several large granaries, at least 12,000 soldiers must be hired.
Want so many troops?Liu An said in surprise and glanced at Xue Chongxun.It means that if there will be trouble in the court with tens of thousands of troops?
Xue Chongxun pondered: How big is the national grain escort? It is reasonable to require 10,000 soldiers to be recruited.Envoy Liu estimated how much does it cost to recruit 12,000 officers and soldiers, to allocate food, grass, horses, and military pay?
Liu An calculated with his fingers: I may not be able to get 300,000 yuan a year if I lose 300,000 yuan.
Xue Chongxun smiled and said: You can share my 70% of the money, more than 300,000 guan?In the future, local officials in prefectures and counties will add tax on grain transportation to families that meet the standards of wealthy families, so they will not have to be levied from far-distance escorts.
It is not difficult to increase the tax on the wealthy households. They should have been escorted to the grain tax, but now they have been exempted from the conscription. They just pay some money and have not increased the burden... Liu Andao.
Seeing that he was eager to speak but stopped, Xue Chongxun said: If you have anything to say, just say it.
After hearing this, Tang Chaoren smiled slightly.
Liu An then said: Administration is indeed a big problem... If the tax is exempted and tax is changed, local officials will most likely take the opportunity to plunder the people.If good things become bad, wouldn’t it be very bad for the people to complain?
Xue Chongxun said: There is no way to govern the government. We can’t control it now, and it will be very involved when it moves.This time, I have won the benefits for those officials who were named to keep their official positions. Can we do things so smoothly now?
Liu An frowned and said: Last year, I was transferred to clear the rivers and grains, and I was also suffering from the administration of officials. Many of the people who bought officials in the local area have a connection and force... Unless the court issued a clear edict to grant officials obliquely, it would be difficult to screen them.
Xue Chongxun glanced at the people attending, took the conversation and said: The money we have now is 70% of the profits of winning the dividends of the slanted officials, they get 30% and we get 70%. It is reasonable to share this way.In the future, they will also let them share some taxes, but if anyone violates the rules against the wind, we will deal with them one by one.
Liu An nodded and said: Only in this way, as long as we do not oppose all local officials, we will not encounter too much resistance when we deal with some unruly people alone.
Several people discussed it again and found that this big event was indeed very complicated and complicated...
Xue Chongxun thought that his main purpose was not really to rectify the canal transportation, and he could not be trapped in it and delayed major events.
So before the banquet was dispersed, he verbally revealed the personnel arrangements: let Tang Chaoren run the military recruitment, Liu An was responsible for raising funds and the distribution of interests of all parties, and warehouses, subsidies and other matters were operated by Hedong literati from the Grain Transport Branch.
You must take advantage of the situation when doing things.
Having momentum is like sailing with wind, much smoother.
Many local officials along the river were almost convicted and escorted to the capital. People like Ruzhou Governor Lu were full of gratitude to Xue Chongxun, so they cooperated a lot. The public opinion of the literati had no choice but to praise the Sanhe law for benefiting the country and the people. Even Prime Minister Zhang Shuo admitted this.
Various factors have made Xue Chongxun progress very quickly and extremely smoothly.
Xue Chongxun collected a group of talented people who were somewhat famous in the local area from his hometown of Hedong (now Shanxi) and began to build a team.
The Xue family is a Hedong family. It has accumulated a century of reputation and status in the local area. The use of Hedong human team made Xue Chongxun feel much more reliable.
First, he set up two major yamen at the headquarters of the Ministry of Revenue, one is the Ministry of Revenue's Grain Transport Branch and the other is the Grain Transport Army Guard.
The people in the canal branch include Hedong poets and gentry, and even hired some shopkeepers of the business gang. By formulating basic rules, Xue Chongxun planned to make this yamen into a fund-oriented institution, not only to collect canal taxes and dispatch canals along the canal, but also to penetrate commerce and money houses and make money with public funds...
Of course, it is just a concept now. The current function of this yamen is established to calculate the cost of warehouses, transportation, etc., and to withdraw salary rice.
The Cao Transport Army Guard has four military recruiting camps, which were established to defend granaries and escort grain ships.
The scale budget is not very large, otherwise it will be feared by the central government. It is enough to achieve the purpose of protecting and transferring the goods, and it cannot pose a threat to the important towns of the court.
But in Xue Chongxun's mind, this military might be able to be used in extraordinary times, so he attached great importance to the candidates for generals of the Caohe Army Guard.
The candidate for recruiting soldiers from the canal transport was from Hedong, named Tang Chaoren.
His father participated in the Tang army's border war several times during the Zhenguan period, which was also considered a family of military officials. However, during the subsequent political turmoil, the Tang family was repeatedly implicated, resulting in the decline of the family, which was much worse than before.
Tang Chaoren used to be a troupe training envoy on the territory of the Xue family in Hedong for a period of time. Because he had frequent contacts with the Xue family, Xue Chongxun's basic fists and feet were taught by Tang Chaoren, and his friendship was very good.
After receiving Xue Chongxun's letter, Tang Chaoren rushed to Luoyang without stopping. Xue Chongxun also attached great importance to it and went outside the city to greet him in person.
It was drizzling in the sky. Xue Chongxun and his group waited for half an hour before they saw three horses walking towards this side.
The light rain was like fog. Although it was not far away, I still couldn't see the faces of the three horses clearly, but Xue Chongxun still recognized Tang Chaoren at a glance.
Tang Chaoren's burly figure is unique and has very wide shoulders.
At first glance, although he only saw a contour, with his horse-riding movements, Xue Chongxun could almost conclude that the man riding the horse in the middle was the Tangtuan Practice who taught him martial arts when he was young.
Xue Chongxun rode his horse and rushed out from under the umbrella, and the left and right guards hurriedly shouted and chased after him.
Practice the dumplings!Xue Chongxun shouted.
The man opposite screamed in surprise and shouted: Xue Lang!Why did you come out of the city?
Xue Chongxun smiled and said: You have never been to Luoyang, I am afraid that you will not be able to find your way when you enter the city.After not seeing each other for a few years, the heroic spirit of the tangtuan has not diminished.
At this time, Tang Chaoren's horse had already walked in front of him. He was not tall, but his arms were round and his waist were thick, and his wide shoulders made him look very burly.
At the age of thirties, he has a white face and neat beard on his mouth and chin.
Tang Chaoren didn't say much, and jumped off the horse and was about to fall off, slap!With a sound of the ground, the mud splashed everywhere.He waved and said: Xue Lang is here, let me try to see if you have made any progress in your fists and feet over the past few years.
As soon as they met, they were about to fight, and the guards around Xue Chongxun's faces turned a little strange.
Xue Chongxun looked down at the ground. There was no need for the stone roads inside the city outside the city. The road was covered with mud. He was stunned. But immediately he laughed and said: I haven't practiced boxing and foot skills much in the past few years, but I often practice weapons.However, Tangtuan is older and definitely not as good as a few years ago. I'll try it... I'll turn it over immediately.
Tang Chaoren looked in his thirties. When he heard Xue Chongxun meant that he was old, he was dissatisfied and said: OK, just try it and tell whether I am old or not!After saying that, he took a stance.
Xue Chongxun smiled heartily, lifted his robe, and stood opposite Tang Chaoren with his palm stretched out.I heard Tang Chaoren say: Let you take action first, come on.
Humph, I’m not polite if I want to be proud of the training of Tangtuan!
Xue Chongxun ran over and kicked him sideways. He didn't get the kick, but the mud on his feet was thrown away all over the sky, which made Tang Chaoren look all over his head.
After avoiding the attack, Tang Chaoren angrily wiped the mud on his face, cursed, and rushed up with his fists. The two of them immediately started to fight.
At this time, only a bang was heard, and Xue Chongxun was unfortunately punched in the face.
The guards next to them exclaimed, and the horses under their seats were in a state of turmoil. Fang Yuzhong raised his hand to stop the guards from moving. He was an old man from the Xue family. He had seen Tang Tuanlian before, so of course he understood Tang Tuanlian's friendship with Langjun.
Slap me in the face!
Xue Chongxun cursed angrily, and immediately used a few quick punches, but Xue Chongxun's punching skills were very sparse and ordinary than Tangtuan practice. He didn't get any cheaper. In less than a moment, he was thrown into his leg and didn't stand firmly. He fell down and made him look muddy and embarrassed.
The guards immediately looked at each other: Xue Chongxun never lost his identity like this in normal times.
Seeing this, Tang Chaoren laughed: You are still not my opponent Ah.After saying that, he walked up to pull Xue Chongxun, but unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun grabbed his wrist and hooked his lower plate with one foot.
Tang Chaoren's hand was caught and could not dodge. In an instant, Xue Chongxun was knocked to the ground and was covered in mud.Seeing this, Xue Chongxun was in a hurry and laughed.
Actually playing sneak attack!
Tang Chaoren was furious and grabbed a handful of mud and threw it at Xue Chongxun's face.
The two of them didn't let each other and soon started fighting again. This time, they had no tricks at all and fought in the sludge.
……
Xue Chongxun's guards and the two followers brought by Tang Chaoren could only watch the two fights speechlessly. Now they are completely out of the scope of martial arts, just like a fight between a gangster, as if one of them owes money and doesn't pay it back.
In the end, the two men turned into clay figures and were so tired that Tang Chaoren shouted: Go, don’t fight anymore.
You obviously can't move, but you admit defeat or not?
Oh... OK, can't I admit defeat?Don't pull my beard!
They made a mess when they met, but they made the relationship closer, and then returned to the headquarters of the Ministry of Revenue with a covered in sludge to take a shower.
Xue Chongxun asked someone to prepare a sumptuous banquet to welcome him. Not only did he accompany him personally, but he also asked civil servant Liu An and military general Bao Cheng to attend.
Tang Chaoren knew that Xue Chongxun was so polite, and he had to do things well. During the meal, he couldn't wait to express his idea: The four waterways all depend on official fortunes, and about 2,000 grain ships were needed.The grain transport soldiers can be imitated by the regiment training organization. Ten ships are a pillar, equipped with five "fire" forces to guard the team. The team leader is responsible for it. Whenever something happens, they will find the team leader.One fire is ten people, one team of five fires is fifty people; two thousand ships require two hundred troops, that is, ten thousand people, plus several large granaries, at least 12,000 soldiers must be hired.
Want so many troops?Liu An said in surprise and glanced at Xue Chongxun.It means that if there will be trouble in the court with tens of thousands of troops?
Xue Chongxun pondered: How big is the national grain escort? It is reasonable to require 10,000 soldiers to be recruited.Envoy Liu estimated how much does it cost to recruit 12,000 officers and soldiers, to allocate food, grass, horses, and military pay?
Liu An calculated with his fingers: I may not be able to get 300,000 yuan a year if I lose 300,000 yuan.
Xue Chongxun smiled and said: You can share my 70% of the money, more than 300,000 guan?In the future, local officials in prefectures and counties will add tax on grain transportation to families that meet the standards of wealthy families, so they will not have to be levied from far-distance escorts.
It is not difficult to increase the tax on the wealthy households. They should have been escorted to the grain tax, but now they have been exempted from the conscription. They just pay some money and have not increased the burden... Liu Andao.
Seeing that he was eager to speak but stopped, Xue Chongxun said: If you have anything to say, just say it.
After hearing this, Tang Chaoren smiled slightly.
Liu An then said: Administration is indeed a big problem... If the tax is exempted and tax is changed, local officials will most likely take the opportunity to plunder the people.If good things become bad, wouldn’t it be very bad for the people to complain?
Xue Chongxun said: There is no way to govern the government. We can’t control it now, and it will be very involved when it moves.This time, I have won the benefits for those officials who were named to keep their official positions. Can we do things so smoothly now?
Liu An frowned and said: Last year, I was transferred to clear the rivers and grains, and I was also suffering from the administration of officials. Many of the people who bought officials in the local area have a connection and force... Unless the court issued a clear edict to grant officials obliquely, it would be difficult to screen them.
Xue Chongxun glanced at the people attending, took the conversation and said: The money we have now is 70% of the profits of winning the dividends of the slanted officials, they get 30% and we get 70%. It is reasonable to share this way.In the future, they will also let them share some taxes, but if anyone violates the rules against the wind, we will deal with them one by one.
Liu An nodded and said: Only in this way, as long as we do not oppose all local officials, we will not encounter too much resistance when we deal with some unruly people alone.
Several people discussed it again and found that this big event was indeed very complicated and complicated...
Xue Chongxun thought that his main purpose was not really to rectify the canal transportation, and he could not be trapped in it and delayed major events.
So before the banquet was dispersed, he verbally revealed the personnel arrangements: let Tang Chaoren run the military recruitment, Liu An was responsible for raising funds and the distribution of interests of all parties, and warehouses, subsidies and other matters were operated by Hedong literati from the Grain Transport Branch.
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